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Dealer
W Love All IMPs
A
deal from the Spring Fours held recently. Four
notrump was a quantitative slam try.
Superficially,
looking at the hands above you might want to play
six notrump. If the hearts break 4-3 (62%) you
will have three spade, five heart, two diamond and
two club tricks for a total of twelve, if the hearts
don't break there are also a few squeeze
chances. However, looking at it more closely
there are entry problems. For example, on a
diamond lead, you win in dummy, play a heart to the
queen, then a club to the king and run the
hearts. But then if the defence can hold up
the spade ace for two rounds you can't get all your
black suit tricks. In general singleton
honours are not worth their full point count value
and should be devalued.
Ncholas
Greer and Phil Taylor did well to avoid this slam
(especially as the hearts broke 6-1).
Thanks to Nicholas Greer for this deal |
